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Meanings of very messy in English

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Usage of very messy in English
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The politics around the project, called Project Sugar, also appear very messy.
Reuters
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Things are about to get very messy indeed, for blood-on-the-walls values of messy.
The Rhesus Chart
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After Ashley Barnes doubled the visitors the lead, it all got very messy.
The South African
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If you don't manage this properly it could get very messy.
BBC
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And Rupert came home without warning to find things very messy.
Ralestone Luck
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There was a cut on his arm; not too deep, but very messy.
Proven guilty
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And if I'm wrong, things could get very messy once the knives come out.
The river kings' road
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We can cut the information out of you, but it's a very messy business.
One of our Thursdays is missing
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If they succeed, things could get very messy for us.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
10
I am a very messy worker -I push these scenes around our table.
The Guardian
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It could be very slow, and very messy, hence the organisers have braced themselves.
The Guardian
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That would have turned a great success into a very messy, probable defeat, Scowcroft said.
Reuters
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It looks very messy at the moment, he said.
Reuters
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If our doormen had got hold of them it could well have got very messy!
Class of 88
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I nibbled on a cake, which was very messy.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Jenny's death had been fast (thank God) but very , very messy.
The Reality Dysfunction
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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